CommentaryUKRAINE ONE YEAR ON

The War in Ukraine, One Year On


SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo | A wreckage of a tank turret from a destroyed Russian tank seen in Mykolaiv Oblast


Russia’s war strategy was predicated on the assumption that Ukrainian political opposition would be minimal, and that the ‘decapitation’ of the Ukrainian government would lead to a collapse of resistance. This did not go to plan. Russia's misguided assumption that Ukraine would fall quickly has led to an intense and protracted war. Read our overview of how the war has progressed over the last year.

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WRITTEN BY

Dr Sidharth Kaushal

Senior Research Fellow, Sea Power

Military Sciences

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Joe Byrne

Research Fellow

Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)

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